Use the following terms to complete the sentences. (14pts) uplift massive intrus
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Use the following terms to complete the sentences. (14pts)
uplift massive intrusions weathering concordant
dikes tabular discordant intrusively plutons
stocks sills laccolith batholiths
Most magma crystallizes _____ when it displaces pre-existing crustal rock at depth. These magma bodies are called ______ or ____. These structures can be seen and studied when they are exposed at Earth’s surface by the processes of ____ and ____. Igneous bodies that are emplaced in wall-like or table-like fashions have a shape called _____ while those that have no definitive shape are classified as ______. When these igneous bodies cut across the strata of the pre-existing rock, they are called _____. If the structures are placed parallel to pre-existing strata, that is the magma is injected along the bedding planes, the structures are called ______.
_____ are intrusive bodies that are tabular and discordant. Bodies that are tabular and concordant are called _____. Magma that is emplaced concordantly along bedding planes may force overlying strata to arch or warp upward as the magma bulges into a lens-shaped structure called a _____.
Massive groups of intrusive bodies that are nearly always granitic that comprise many major mountain ranges as well as the stable cores of continents are called _____. If these structures are smaller than 100 km2, they are called _____.
Explanation / Answer
Here are the list of answers of the blank answered serial number wise mentioned according to the question.
1. plutons
2. intrusively
3.intrusions
4.weathering
5.uplift
6.tabular
7.massive
8.discordant
9.concordant
10.dikes
11. sills
12. laccolith
13.batholiths
14.stocks
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